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<p>Preface to the Sixth Edition xi</p> <p>About the Companion Website xvi</p> <p><b>Part 1—Vegetables and the Vegetable Industry 1</b></p> <p>01 Botanical Names of Vegetables and Common Names of Vegetables in Nine Languages 3</p> <p>02 Edible Flowers 29</p> <p>03 U.S. Vegetable Production 35</p> <p>04 Consumption of Vegetables in The United States 42</p> <p>05 World Vegetable Production 44</p> <p>06 Nutritional Composition of Vegetables 46</p> <p><b>Part 2—Vegetable Seeds 55</b></p> <p>01 Seed Labels 57</p> <p>02 Seed Germination Tests 58</p> <p>03 Seed Germination Standards 66</p> <p>04 Seed Production 67</p> <p>05 Organic Seed Production 71</p> <p>06 Seed Yields 72</p> <p>07 Seed Storage 76</p> <p>08 Seed Priming 78</p> <p>09 Seedborne Pathogens and Hot Water Seed Treatment 81</p> <p>10 Vegetable Varieties 84</p> <p>11 Genetically-Engineered Vegetable Varieties 88</p> <p>12 Vegetable Seed Sources 90</p> <p><b>Part 3—Seedling and Transplant Production 99</b></p> <p>01 Transplant Production 101</p> <p>02 Plant Growing Containers 102</p> <p>03 Seeds and Seeding 104</p> <p>04 Temperature and Time Requirements 107</p> <p>05 Plant Growing Mixes 108</p> <p>06 Soil Sterilization 110</p> <p>07 Fertilizing and Irrigating Transplants 111</p> <p>08 Plant Growing Problems 115</p> <p>09 Conditioning Transplants 120</p> <p>10 Shipping and Transportation of Transplants 122</p> <p>11 Grafted Transplants 123</p> <p>12 Organic Transplant Production 124</p> <p>13 Additional Transplant Production Resources 126</p> <p><b>Part 4—Greenhouse and Protected Agriculture Production 127</b></p> <p>01 Structures 129</p> <p>02 Cultural Management 131</p> <p>03 Co2 Enrichment 136</p> <p>04 Soilless Culture 138</p> <p>05 Nutrient Solutions 146</p> <p>06 Tissue Composition 153</p> <p><b>Part 5—Field Planting 155</b></p> <p>01 Temperatures for Vegetables 157</p> <p>02 Scheduling Successive Plantings 162</p> <p>03 Time Required for Seedling Emergence 165</p> <p>04 Seed Requirements 167</p> <p>05 Planting Rates for Large Seeds 169</p> <p>06 Spacing Of Vegetables 172</p> <p>07 Precision Seeding 178</p> <p>08 Conservation Tillage and No-Till Systems 181</p> <p>09 Vegetative Propagation 183</p> <p>10 Polyethylene and Degradable Mulches 186</p> <p>11 Row Covers 191</p> <p>12 Windbreaks 193</p> <p>13 Environmental Monitoring: Soil, Water, and Air 195</p> <p><b>Part 6—Soils and Fertilizers 199</b></p> <p>01 Nutrient Best Management Practices (Bmps) 203</p> <p>02 Organic Matter 206</p> <p>03 Soil Health and Soil-Improving Crops 208</p> <p>04 Manures and Other Organic Soil Ammendents 212</p> <p>05 Organic Production Systems 216</p> <p>06 Composting 218</p> <p>07 Soil Texture 219</p> <p>08 Soil Reaction 221</p> <p>09 Salinity 229</p> <p>10 Fertilizers 233</p> <p>11 Fertigation 240</p> <p>12 Fertilizer Conversion Factors 241</p> <p>13 Nutrient Absorption 244</p> <p>14 Plant Analysis 247</p> <p>15 Soil Tests 276</p> <p>16 Nutrient Deficiencies 292</p> <p>17 Micronutrients 294</p> <p>18 Fertilizer Spreaders 301</p> <p><b>Part 7—Water and Irrigation 303</b></p> <p>01 Suggestions for Supplying Water to Vegetables 307</p> <p>02 Rooting of Vegetables 310</p> <p>03 Soil Moisture and is Monitoring 311</p> <p>04 Surface Irrigation 319</p> <p>05 Overhead Irrigation 329</p> <p>06 Drip or Trickle Irrigation 343</p> <p>07 Irrigation Water Quality 360</p> <p><b>Part 8—Vegetable Pests and Problems 365</b></p> <p>01 Integrated Pest Management 367</p> <p>02 Pest Management in Organic Production Systems 370</p> <p>03 Soil Solarization 372</p> <p>04 Pesticide-Use Precautions 375</p> <p>05 Pesticide Application And Equipment 383</p> <p>06 Vegetable Seed Treatments 399</p> <p>07 Nematodes 402</p> <p>08 Diseases 407</p> <p>09 Insects 425</p> <p>10 Abiotic Disorders 436</p> <p>11 Air Pollution 446</p> <p>12 Wildlife Control 450</p> <p><b>Part 9—Weed Management 453</b></p> <p>01 Weed Management Strategies 454</p> <p>02 Weed Identification 457</p> <p>03 Noxious Weeds 458</p> <p>04 Weed Control an Organic Farming 459</p> <p>05 Cover Crops and Rotation in Weed Management 461</p> <p>06 Herbicides 462</p> <p>07 Weed Control Recommendations 466</p> <p><b>Part 10— Computer-Based Crop Management Technologies 467</b></p> <p><b>Part 11— Harvesting, Handling, and Storage 475</b></p> <p>01 Food Safety 478</p> <p>02 General Postharvest Handling Procedures 484</p> <p>03 Predicting Harvest Dates and Yields 489</p> <p>04 Cooling Vegetables 496</p> <p>05 Vegetable Storage 502</p> <p>06 Chilling and Ethylene Injury 517</p> <p>07 Postharvest Diseases 529</p> <p>08 Vegetable Quality 535</p> <p>09 U.S. Standards for Grade of Vegetables 538</p> <p>10 Minimally Processed Vegetables 551</p> <p>11 Packaging of Fresh Vegetables 554</p> <p>12 Vegetable Marketing 560</p> <p><b>Part 12—Appendix 565</b></p> <p>01 Sources of Information on Vegetable Production 566</p> <p>02 Some Periodicals for Vegetable Growers 567</p> <p>03 U.S. Units of Measurement 569</p> <p>04 Conversion Factors for U.S. Units 570</p> <p>05 Metric Units of Measurement 573</p> <p>06 Conversion Factors for Si and Non-Si Units 574</p> <p>07 Conversions for Rates of Application 579</p> <p>08 Water and Soil Solution Conversion Factors 580</p> <p>09 Heat and Energy Equivalents and Definitions 584</p> <p>10 Useful Websites for Units and Conversions 585</p> <p>Index 587</p>

<p><b>George J. Hochmuth,</b> Professor Emeritus at the Soil and Water Sciences Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA, and Fellow of the American Society for Horticultural Science. Throughout his career, his areas of specialization included fertilization of commercial vegetables, row crops, and specialty crops. <p><b>Rebecca G. Sideman</b> is an Extension Professor in the Department of Agriculture, Nutrition & Food Systems, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, USA. Her research interests include horticultural crop production, season extension, sustainable agriculture, and plant breeding and genetics.

<p><b>Authoritative and comprehensive go-to reference work for commercial vegetable growers around the world </b> <p>For more than 65 years, <i>Knott’s Handbook for Vegetable Growers</i> has provided generations of commercial growers with the most timely, accessible, and useful information available on the subject, containing key guidance on transplant production, planting rates and spacing, irrigation, fertilization, methods for controlling diseases, and insect pest identification, plus important information on topics such as composting, post-harvest storage and processing, genetically-engineered crops, organic growing, federal regulations and best management practices, environmentally friendly pest management, and food safety. <p>To allow for convenient and efficient access to the enormous amount of data contained within, most of the information is presented in the form of tables and charts. The work goes above and beyond to provide everything a reader needs to know on the subject, even including a multilanguage vegetable dictionary. <p>Now in its 6th edition, the work has been significantly expanded and modernized to cover key modern advancements in the industry, such as: <ul><li>Computer-based crop monitoring technologies, robotic disease control and harvesting systems, and new protected-ag production systems (including vertical systems and indoor production) </li> <li>New production systems pertaining to protected organic agriculture, soil moisture sensing, environmental monitoring, soil health, and soil conservation</li> <li>New technologies, including satellite-based decision-making, robotics, and UAVs for increasing production efficiency</li> <li>The various advances that have been made in food safety regulations, plus coverage of new invasive pests</li></ul> <p>Part Farmer’s Almanac, part encyclopedia, and part dictionary, <i>Knott’s Handbook for Vegetable Growers</i> serves as an invaluable asset for growers, students, and other industry professionals seeking an all-in-one reference for all of the questions they have on both holistic and specific facets of the commercial vegetable industry.

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